vaccine
- Middle East
Lebanon receives 1st batch of cholera jabs amid outbreak
Beirut: Lebanon has received its first batch of cholera vaccines as part of the international effort to help curb the spread of the life-threatening disease in the country amid an ongoing outbreak,…
- Delhi
COVID-19: Delhi HC directs school to permit unvaccinated teacher to join duty
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed a private school here to allow an unvaccinated teacher to join duties after a medical board found he was at a “higher risk” of…
- World
US added to WHO list of countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus
Los Angeles: The US now joins a list of nearly 30 other countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) identified by the WHO, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.…
- World
Spain to start administering 4th dose of COVID vaccine
Madrid: Spain will start to administer the fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 on September 26, said the Ministry of Health. The decision was made at a meeting of the Public Health…
- Hyderabad
Intranasal vaccine will be global game changer: Krishna Ella
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech’s iNCOVACC, the world’s first intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 which received approval for emergency use in India on Tuesday, will be a global game changer in intranasal vaccines technology and…
- India
India’s first intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 gets DCGI approval
New Delhi: India’s first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech on Tuesday got approval from the Drug Controller General of India for the 18+ age group for restricted use in emergency situations.…
- Health
BE gets approval to manufacture pediatric vaccine for S. pneumonia
Hyderabad: Vaccine manufacturer Biological E. Limited (BE) announced on Thursday that the Subject Expert Committee of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has approved the Phase 3 infants clinical trial data and…
- India
Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months
New Delhi: India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in a few months and made available to the people in…
- India
COVID vaccine: Only 12 pc of people in 18-59 age group have taken precaution dose
New Delhi: Around 12 percent of the eligible 77 crore population in the age group of 18-59 years have taken the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far, officials said on Tuesday.…
- Hyderabad
Nigeria introduces Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech’s vaccine for children
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), a global leader in vaccine innovation and developer of vaccines for infectious diseases, announced its rotavirus oral vaccine ROTAVAC® has been introduced by Nigeria to immunize its…
- India
Research underway to find vax against monkeypox: Adar Poonawalla
New Delhi: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said that research is underway to find a vaccine against monkeypox. Poonawalla has reportedly briefed the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s vaccine capacity to soar to 14 billion doses
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s vaccine capacity is to increase by more than 50 per cent to 14 billion doses, the highest for any region in the world, as the city-based Biological E on Thursday…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Biological E looks to expand, invests Rs 1800 crores
Hyderabad: Global Pharmaceuticals major Biological E Limited on Thursday announced their expansion plans for investment of more than Rs 1800 Crores. The expansion of their existing three facilities will allow for an…
- Health
Current booster shots effective against vaccine evading Omicron: Study
New York: Although Omicron sub-variants have evolved to evade antibody responses from the primary Covid vaccine series, a new laboratory study suggests existing booster doses may elicit sufficient immune protection against severe…
- India
India administered more than 8 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses
New Delhi: More than 8 lakh Coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in the country on Saturday till 7 pm, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed. According to the Ministry, India’s…
